What: P.G. Wodehouse is, of course, best known for his Jeeves and Wooster stories. There are also the Blandings Castle stories, and the Psmith stories, and the Monty Bodkin stories, and the Earl of Ickenham stories, and several stand-alone stories about various young men who bumble along being good sports and eventually win the day.
Here, finally, we have a young woman who gets to bumble along being a good sport and eventually win the day. It starts when she's arrested for getting into a fight over a parrot, and it only gets better from there.
Comparable to: It's P.G. Wodehouse. That is basically its own genre.
Representative quote: "Jill reached the scene of the battle, and, stopping, eyed Henry with a baleful glare. We, who have seen Henry in his calmer moments and know him for the good fellow he was, are aware that he was more sinned against than sinning. If there is any spirit of justice in us, we are pro-Henry."
You might not like it if: You are inexplicably not pro-Henry. Or maybe you find it impossible to read a Wodehouse book that does not feature Reginald Jeeves.
How to get it: Overlook Press does it again with a great edition (see above).
Connection to previous Wreckage: See a wide spectrum of Wodehouse with List #43: Happy Birthday, P.G. Wodehouse.
Comparable to: It's P.G. Wodehouse. That is basically its own genre.
Representative quote: "Jill reached the scene of the battle, and, stopping, eyed Henry with a baleful glare. We, who have seen Henry in his calmer moments and know him for the good fellow he was, are aware that he was more sinned against than sinning. If there is any spirit of justice in us, we are pro-Henry."
You might not like it if: You are inexplicably not pro-Henry. Or maybe you find it impossible to read a Wodehouse book that does not feature Reginald Jeeves.
How to get it: Overlook Press does it again with a great edition (see above).
Connection to previous Wreckage: See a wide spectrum of Wodehouse with List #43: Happy Birthday, P.G. Wodehouse.
[Originally posted 5/29/11.]
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